Sealable package tie



Feb. 16 1926. 1,573,685

J. L. DINSMOOR SEALABLE PACKAGE TIE Filed Sept. 20, 1924 Q IZTzUenton' ITohnL.lhlnsinoor;

his Attorney.

Patented Feb. 16, 1926.

.01 NEW YORK, N. Y.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. DINSMOOR,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of' Manliattan, in the county of New York and State of New- York,

have invented certain new and useful 'Im provements 1n Scalable Package Ties, of

v F g. 4, and those portions of said body a'dwhich the following isa specification.

This invention relates to scalable package ties, and has for its object to provide a de. vice of the character specified, simple-incon of material, such as ajfiat piece of metal- 6,.

struction, easily applied and adapted-robe sealed by any one. of a number-of known means. Other objects will appear laterI herein.

My improvements comprise features illu'strated in theirpreferred embodiment inthe drawing 1 accompanying this spec ficat on, where1n:

Figure 1 shows my improved tie formed of wire with three eyes therein. Fig. 2 showsthe tie of Fig. 1 bent into circular fornrready for application to a package. Fig. 3 shows the tie of Figs. 1 and 2 with the shanks of the terminal eyes twisted together ready for the reception through all three eyesof a locking device. Fig. 4 isfsimilar to that of Fig. 3 and showing'the tie drawn snugly about the neck ofa bag and sealed by means of a flat sealing strip passedthrough the three eyes of said tie. Fig. 5 is a modified form of my device. Fig. 6 shows'the form of Fig. 5 assembled, as when about a pack:

age or bag neck. Fig. 7 shows the same form as Fig. 6 withlockmg strip attached.

Fig. 8 shows another modification. Figs. 9,

10 and 11 show steps and a mode of as sembling and locking the modified form of Fig. 8.

7 In the preferred form of Fig. 1, my improved tie preferably comprises a flexible member 2, made from wire, provided at the ends with eyes '3, 4, respectively, and, if intended for use with a fiat sealing strip, such as shown in Fig. 4, said eyes are preferably oblong, asshown. Said eyes may be formed in any convenient manner, asby fiatting and expanding the metal, as eye 3, orby twisting the end of the wire about the body thereof, as eye 4. In case the twisted wire form is used it is required that the twisted portion be of sufficient length to make said twisted portion or portions secure agamst being tampered with when in sea-lable position about a package. By experience I have ends of said tie.

found that three ormore turns is efficient for the purpose. Near one end of said tie,

JOHN -L. nmsmoon,

j'ac entthe end eyes are twisted together, 7

therebydrawing the tie taut about the package: Then sealing means comprising. astrip Figsl4 and 7, or a wire or cord 7, Fig. 11, is

passed through the two assembled end eyes 3and 4 and through the third eye 5..

In 'thehnodificat-ion of Fig. 5, the body portion 8 may be of cord or wire, the length of; whichis about twice that of the finished tie." The endj'portionsthereof are twisted about the midportionl until the ends 9 and" '10. of said-end portioiis 'meet and preferably overlap and where they are preferably sealed or brazed,'-'as.themat'erial calls for,.opposite-- eyes 11 and 12 being left open in opposite This modification is ap plied 'to' the package by being wrapped around the package and being drawn taut thereabout by twisting together those portions of thetie adjacent said eyes, Fig. 6, and then folding down toward the body 8 of the tie said assembled eyes. Sealing means comprising a strip of material, as 6, Fig. 7', is then passed through the assembled eyes 11,

12 and about the body portion of the tie.[

Said sealing strip ispreferably, for convenience, slipped under the body of the tie before the-tie is drawnt-aut. I

In the modification of Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, the" general fornr of Fig. 1, with the omission of the third eye, is employed. The

length of the tie in this modification is rclatively longer than in the other forms shown, for a wider range of adjustment. In applying, the bodyport-ion13is wrapped about thepackage and one eye end, as 15. is passed through the other eye, as at 14, and said eye a at 15' is folded back to the right, Fig. 9, and laid against the body of the flexible member 13. Then'a bight'16 is formed in said. member 13 adjacent said eye at 15, and said bight is twisted to form an eye 17 therein and at the same time, or thereafter, the shank 18 of said eye at 15 is twisted together with the shank of bight eye 17, Fig. 10, whereby the tieis drawn taut about the package. The two eyes 15, 17, thus assembled, are bent-toward the body 13 of-thc tie and sealing means comprising a strip of material, as 7 is passed through the two eyes and about the adjacent portion of the body 13 of the tie.

It will be obvious that the assembled eyesbe understood to mean tie having at least one closed loop or eye through which a seal. ing strip may be passed for locking by enclosure with another portion of said tie.

The term package as herein used, will be understood to include a boX, bale, bag or other article or container adapted to be encircled and sealed.

I claim: I

1. A sealable package tie including in combination a flexible member having an eye formed in each end thereof, said member being adapted for encircling a-package and being drawn taut thereabout by twisting together the portions thereof adjacent said eyes, and sealing means comprising a strip of material passed through said ,eyes and about a single portion of said member and means for sealing the strip OfmateriziL-i I v 2. A scalable package tie including in combination a flexible member having an eye forme'd in-"each end thereof, a third eye formed from a bight of said flexible member betweensaid end eyes, said member being adapted for encircling a package and being drawn taut th'ereab'out by twisting together the portions thereof adjacent said end eyes, and sealing means comprising a strip of material adapted to be passed through said eyes and said bight eye for sealing the tie. I

3. A sealable package tie including in combination a flexible member having an eye formed in each end thereof, said member;

encircling a package and being drawn taut thereabout by passing one eye through the other eye, laying the first eye against the body of said flexible member, forming a bight in said member adjacent said first eye,

forming an eyev in said bight 'by twisting, and twisting theshank of'said first eye with In witness whereof, I vhereby afiix my: signature this 19th day of September, 1924,

JOHN L; DINSMOOR.

the shank of said bight eye, and sealing means comprising a strip of material passed 

